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ethan zuckerman and rebecca mackinnon founded globalvoices, a web site that aggregates and translates news from the parts of the world we never hear from. they tackle the immense task through old-fashioned manual labor: volunteer translators and regional editors filter and organize the content, which originates in local-language blogs. it seeks to call attention to non-english-speaking regions of the world while facilitating the spread of local news content and promoting free speech.

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